Neil vs James

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Neil Hulme

1:23:02 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2024
1191st of 2,732 place in that race · 2,732 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

James Watson

1:19:56 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
1466th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

Neil: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · James: Birmingham 2025, Open Men

top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
NeilJamesedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Neil and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Neil: strongest on Push (faster than 80% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 18%).James: strongest on Row (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 39%).

See the numbers
Part Neil: faster than James: faster than
Ski 45% 75%
Push 80% 39%
Pull 18% 64%
BBJ 55% 54%
Row 53% 84%
Carry 55% 71%
Lunges 44% 75%
Wall balls 72% 78%
Roxzone 51% 66%
Runs 60% 53%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Neil James
SkiErg 45% 75%
Sled push 80% 39%
Sled pull 18% 64%
Burpee broad jump 55% 54%
Row 53% 84%
Farmers carry 55% 71%
Sandbag lunges 44% 75%
Wall balls 72% 78%
Roxzone (moving) 51% 66%
Runs (8 km) 60% 53%

The share of their own field each athlete beat on that segment, at the race named on the left. Higher is better; green marks the better of the two. A dash means no split was published.

Those races as one bar each

Neil · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men1:23:02
5:144:264:342:275:026:074:595:384:584:444:392:044:385:185:135:417:29
James · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:19:56
5:304:194:393:334:544:394:525:275:024:294:521:544:494:234:585:455:59
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

This chart draws the race in order, left to right: each 1 km run (blue), each station (yellow) and the roxzone (grey), sized by its time.Neil · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 39:17 running, 36:25 at the stations and 7:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (6:07).Below, James · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 39:37 running, 34:29 at the stations and 5:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:45).

See the numbers
Part Neil · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men James · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:14 5:30
SkiErg 4:26 4:19
Run 2 4:34 4:39
Sled push 2:27 3:33
Run 3 5:02 4:54
Sled pull 6:07 4:39
Run 4 4:59 4:52
Burpee broad jump 5:38 5:27
Run 5 4:58 5:02
Row 4:44 4:29
Run 6 4:39 4:52
Farmers carry 2:04 1:54
Run 7 4:38 4:49
Sandbag lunges 5:18 4:23
Run 8 5:13 4:58
Wall balls 5:41 5:45
Roxzone 7:29 5:59
Finish 1:23:02 1:19:56

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Neil James Gap
Birmingham 2024 Open Men · 25 Oct 2024 1:23:02 1:23:01 0:01 · James faster
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